Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Persian
Appearance
Usage note
[edit | edit source]Sometimes people in Iran still use the ancient Persian given names, such as Taraneh.
Girls' names
[edit | edit source]- Afareen
- Afsar
- Afshan
- Afsoon
- Aghigh
- Ahou
- Akhtar
- Akram
- Alia
- Anahita
- Anusheh
- Ara
- Arezoo
- Armaghan
- Aroosha
- Arshfam
- Assieh
- Atefeh
- Atoosa
- Atussa
- Avizeh
- Ayasha
- Azar
- Azara
- Azita
- Azur
- Azura
- Bahar
- Baharak
- Bahareh
- Banou
- Beeta
- Behbaha
- Behkrakh
- Behnaz
- Behrokh
- Bita
- Bodagh
- Bolour
- Bousseh
- Chalipa
- Chehreh
- Darya
- Daryadokht
- Deena
- Delara
- Delbar
- Delkash
- Dina
- Donya
- Dorri
- Dorrin
- Dorsai
- Dorsay
- Ehteram
- Elaheh
- Elham
- Elnaz
- Ezzati
- Fakhri
- Farah
- Faranak
- Farangis
- Fariba
- Farida
- Farideh
- Farkhondeh
- Farnaz
- Farzaneh
- Fatimah
- Feerouzeh
- Fereshteh
- Feri
- Firouzeh
- Forough
- Forouzan
- Forouzandeh
- Fozhan
- Gatha
- Geesou
- Ghamzeh
- Ghassedak
- Ghazaleh
- Ghodsi
- Ghoncheh
- Gisou
- Golbahar
- Golgoon
- Goli
- Golnar
- Golnaz
- Golnessa
- Golpari
- Golshan
- Golshon
- Gordia
- Guita
- Guiti
- Guity
- Habibeh
- Haleh
- Hamaseh
- Hasti
- Hengameh
- Hoda
- Homeira
- Hormat
- Houri
- Iman
- Iran
- Iran-dokht
- Ishraqi
- Jabbareh
- Jaleh
- Jannat
- Jilla
- Katayoun
- Khandan
- Khojassteh
- Khorsheed
- Kimiyaa
- Kira
- Kobra
- Kokab
- Korsum
- Kowkab
- Ladan
- Laila
- Laleh
- Layly
- Leily
- Leyla
- Lida
- Lili
- Mahasti
- Mahbod
- Mahbubih
- Maheen
- Mahkameh
- Mahlagha
- Mahnoosh
- Mahrokh
- Mahsa
- Mahta
- Mahvash
- Maliheh
- Mana
- Mandi
- Mandona
- Manizheh
- Marjan
- Marmar
- Maryam
- Marzieh
- Masoumeh
- Mastoureh
- Mehrangiz
- Mehrnoosh
- Mehry
- Minan
- Mitra
- Moloud
- Moneereh
- Morvarid
- Mozhdeh
- Mozhgan
- Naghmeh
- Nahal
- Naheed
- Najmeh
- Nakisa
- Narda
- Nargess
- Naseem
- Nasreen
- Nastaran
- Nava
- Nazafarin
- Nazanin
- Nazgol
- Nazhin
- Nazilla
- Neda
- Negar
- Negeen
- Negin
- Neshat
- Nikoo
- Niloufar
- Niyoosha
- Nora
- Noushafarin
- Oldooz
- Oranous
- Ordoukhany
- Orkideh
- Parand
- Parastoo
- Paree
- Pareechehr
- Pareerou
- Pareevash
- Parisa
- Parto
- Parvaneh
- Parvin
- Peymaneh
- Peyvand
- Pouneh
- Pouran
- Pouran-dokht
- Ramak
- Ramesh
- Razieh
- Reema
- Reyhaneh
- Rima
- Roksana
- Roudabeh
- Roxana
- Roya
- Sadira
- Saeedeh
- Saghar
- Saghi
- Saharnaz
- Sahba
- Saideh
- Salomeh
- Sameen
- Sanaz
- Sareh
- Sarvenaz
- Sattareh
- Sayeh
- Seema
- Sepideh
- Setareh
- Shabnam
- Shabnan
- Shadan
- Shadi
- Shaghayegh
- Shahdi
- Shaheen
- Shahin
- Shahla
- Shahnaz
- Shahrbanou
- Shahrzad
- Shalizeh
- Shams
- Sheefteh
- Sheeva
- Shervin
- Sheyda
- Shohreh
- Shokouh
- Sholeh
- Shouka
- Simin
- Soheila
- Soray
- Soroushi
- Soudabeh
- Soulmaz
- Soussan
- Suri
- Tahmineh
- Talayeh
- Taranish
- Tarsa
- Touca
- Touran
- Turandot
- Vashti
- Veeda
- Vida
- Yalda
- Zarrin
- Zeeba
- Zeresh
- Zeridia
- Zhaleh
- Zhila
- Zohreh
- Zoya
Boys' names
[edit | edit source]- Abdolkhalegh
- Abtin
- Afshar
- Afsharafshin
- Afshin
- Aghajun
- Ahour
- Alireza
- Anoush
- Arash
- Arastoo
- Ardalan
- Ardavan
- Ardeshir
- Aref
- Aria
- Ario
- Armeen
- Arsalan
- Arshia
- Arya
- Arzhang
- Asghar
- Ashk
- Ashrafzadeh
- Assim
- Atash
- Atid
- Avesta
- Azghar
- Babak
- Bahman
- Bahram
- Baktash
- Bamdad
- Bameen
- Bamshad
- Bardia
- Bauback
- Behnam
- Behrang
- Behrooz
- Behrouz
- Behzad
- Bijan
- Borna
- Borzoo
- Bozorgmehr
- Cambiz
- Changeez
- Dadbeh
- Danesh
- Dara
- Darab
- Dareh
- Darioush
- Dariush
- Daryoosh
- Davab
- Davood
- Derafsh
- Dhabihullah
- Ehsan
- Emad
- Esfandiar
- Esfandyar
- Esmail
- Etehade
- Fafar
- Faghani
- Fahimifar
- Faramarz
- Faraz
- Farbod
- Farchid
- Fardad
- Farhad
- Farhang
- Fariborz
- Farjad
- Farrokh
- Farrokhzad
- Farshid
- Farsin
- Farzad
- Farzam
- Farzin
- Fazlollah
- Fereydoon
- Ferydoun
- Firouz
- Forood
- Foroohar
- Forouq
- Gazsi
- Ghaffar
- Ghebers
- Ghobad
- Giv
- Goodarz
- Gorban
- Goshtasb
- Goudarz
- Guebers
- Haider
- Hajir
- Hamidreza
- Heydar
- Hojjat
- Homayoun
- Hooshang
- Hooshyar
- Hootan
- Hormoz
- Houman
- Iraj
- Jamsheed
- Jamshid
- Javad
- Javeed
- Javid
- Jivan
- Kamal
- Kambiz
- Kamran
- Kamshad
- Kamyar
- Kansbar
- Karamat
- Karbaschi
- Kasra
- Kaveh
- Kavoos
- Kayan
- Kayvan
- Kayvon
- Keivan
- Keyan
- Key-ghobad
- Key-khosrow
- Keyvan
- Khodadad
- Khosrow
- Kianoosh
- Kiarash
- Kiomars
- Kiumars
- Kiyan
- Koohyar
- Koorosh
- Koosha
- Kouros
- Kourosh
- Kush
- Kusha
- Madjid
- Mahbad
- Mahyar
- Majeed
- Majid
- Mani
- Manouchehr
- Mashreza
- Massood
- Mazdah
- Maziar
- Mazyar
- Mehrab
- Mehrak
- Mehran
- Mehrdad
- Mehrshad
- Mehrzad
- Moana
- Mohsen
- Mojtaba
- Monaghi
- Moosa
- Morteza
- Mozaffar
- Namdar
- Nariman
- Navid
- Neema
- Nema
- Newsha
- Nima
- Niyoosha
- Nizamid
- Nouri
- Noushzad
- Omeed
- Omid
- Orang
- Panahy
- Parham
- Parsa
- Parshang
- Parviz
- Pasha
- Payam
- Pazhang
- Pedram
- Pedrom
- Pejman
- Perjad
- Peyman
- Peyvand
- Pezhman
- Phiroz
- Pirooz
- Pirous
- Piroz
- Poerya
- Pooya
- Pouriya
- Poya
- Pujman
- Pyruz
- Rambod
- Ramin
- Rasoul
- Reza
- Roozbeh
- Rostam
- Rovin
- Saber
- Sadegh
- Saeed
- Salar
- Sam
- Saman
- Sami
- Sasan
- Sattar
- Sepehr
- Seyed
- Seyyed
- Shahab
- Shahbaz
- Shaheen
- Shahin
- Shahkam
- Shahram
- Shahriar
- Shahriyar
- Shahrokh
- Shahrooz
- Shahvand
- Shapour
- Shatrevar
- Shervin
- Shirzad
- Showan
- Siamak
- Siavash
- Siavosh
- Siavush
- Soheil
- Sohrab
- Sooudi
- Soroush
- Suhayl
- Syavash
- Tabriz
- Taher
- Tahmaseb
- Tahmouress
- Tarazullah
- Teymour
- Tirdad
- Touraj
- Vafa
- Viraf
- Vishtasb
- Yaghoub
- Yahya
- Yashar
- Zahak
- Zaheer
- Zakaria
- Zal
- Zamani
- Zamyad
- Zand
- Zartosht
- Zia
Ancient Persian girls' names
[edit | edit source]- Ajda
- Alma
- Almira
- Altair
- Amber
- Amestrin
- Amestris
- Armida
- Artaynta
- Artazostra
- Artystone
- Asiria
- Atossa
- Avesta
- Azura
- Azure
- Badia
- Barsine
- Bethany
- Bibi
- Cyra
- Damaspia
- Daria
- Dickla
- Drypetis
- Dunya
- Esther
- Hutaosa
- Idra
- Illit
- Kalila
- Kira
- Laila
- Laleh
- Layla
- Leila
- Lila
- Lilac
- Lilith
- Mamaea
- Mania
- Marjan
- Martha
- Mawia
- Mitra
- Muriel
- Nahid
- Pari
- Parmys
- Parveneh
- Parvin
- Parysatis
- Phaedyme
- Pheretima
- Phratagune
- Raokshna
- Razili
- Roshan
- Roshanara
- Roxana
- Roxanna
- Roxanne
- Saba
- Sadira
- Samantha
- Samira
- Semiramis
- Shahnaz
- Sima
- Sisygambis
- Soraya
- Souzan
- Stateira
- Tamath
- Taraneh
- Teli
- Tomyris
- Vega
- Zade
- Zaibunissa
- Zarina
- Zelica
- Zena
- Zenana
- Zenda
- Zohrah
- Zohreh
Ancient Persian boys' names
[edit | edit source]- Ahasver
- Aidoneus
- Alpistos
- Amphistreus
- Anaphes
- Anchares
- Araxis
- Ardisher
- Argestes
- Arisai
- Arizus
- Armamithras
- Arsakes
- Arses
- Arsha
- Artabanus
- Artabarzanes
- Artaeus
- Artamenes
- Artaxerxes
- Artobazanes
- Artybius
- Azanes
- Bademus
- Bagaeus
- Bagoas
- Baraxis
- Bassaces
- Betis
- Bistanes
- Boubakes
- Bubares
- Cambyses
- Cherasmis
- Cyrus
- Darius
- Datis
- Daurises
- Deioces
- Diaexis
- Dotamas
- Dotus
- Gergis
- Gobryas
- Gyges
- Histaeus
- Histanes
- Hymeas
- Imaeos
- Ithamatres
- Kashtaritu
- Kersi
- Khurshid
- Lilaios
- Lythimnas
- Magos
- Maraphis
- Marsena
- Mascames
- Masistes
- Masistras
- Massages
- Mazaces
- Mazaios
- Megabates
- Megabyzus
- Megadostes
- Memphis
- Menapis
- Mitrobates
- Myrsus
- Nabaranes
- Nasim
- Ninus
- Oarizus
- Ochus
- Oeobazus
- Oroites
- Oxathres
- Parshandatha
- Parthos
- Pegastagon
- Pelagon
- Petosiris
- Pharnabazus
- Pharnaces
- Pharnazathres
- Pissuthnes
- Prexaspes
- Psammis
- Sanballat
- Sargon
- Sasan
- Sharezer
- Soroush
- Syennesis
- Taboras
- Tallis
- Teaspes
- Teispes
- Tissaphernes
- Tithaeus
- Tolmos
- Ukshatar
- Vishtaspa
- Xanthes
- Xerxes
- Zopyrus
Surnames
[edit | edit source]Top 10
[edit | edit source]- Abbasi
- Ahmadi
- Rahimi
- Tehrani
- Hosseini
- Shirazi
- Mohammadi
- Jafari
- Ebrahimi
- Salehi
Others
[edit | edit source]- Abdi
- Abdollahi
- Abedi
- Abedini
- Abolhassan
- Abouzar
- Adeli
- Afnan
- Afshar
- Afsharazad
- Afshari
- Aftandilians
- Aghaei
- Ahari
- Ahmadi
- Ahmadian
- Ahmadinejad
- Ahmadzadeh
- Ahoobim
- Ahrari
- Akbari
- Akbarzadeh
- Akhavan
- Akhlaghi
- Ala
- Alam
- Alavi
- Alavizadeh
- Alemzadeh
- Alimohammadi
- Alipour
- Alireza
- Alizadeh
- Allahverdi
- Ameri
- Amini
- Aminian
- Amir
- Amiri
- Amirsadeghi
- Ammini
- Amouzegar
- Amuzgar
- Anoushiravani
- Ansari
- Anvari
- Arasteh
- Arbabi
- Ardabili
- Ardalan
- Arfa
- Arian
- Armanjani
- Asadi
- Asadzadeh
- Asgapur
- Asgari
- Asghari
- Ashrafi
- Ashrafy
- Askari
- Astaneh
- Avarigan
- Awji
- Azad
- Azadi
- Azar
- Azari
- Azarvand
- Azimi
- Azizi
- Babaei
- Bagheri
- Bagherpour
- Bahador
- Bahar
- Bahmani
- Bahonar
- Bahrami
- Bakhshi
- Bakhtavar
- Bakhtiar
- Bakhtiari
- Balakhane
- Bani
- Banihshemi
- Bannazadeh
- Bano
- Baraghoush
- Baraheri
- Baranzadeh
- Barati
- Bassiri
- Batouli
- Bayat
- Bazargan
- Bazshushtari
- Begzadeh
- Beheshti
- Behforooz
- Behrang
- Behrouzi
- Behtash
- Beykpour
- Bihmardi
- Bolourchi
- Boroomand
- Borzorg
- Burujirdi
- Bushiri
- Caspari
- Dabir
- Dalvand
- Dardashti
- Dargahi
- Daramad
- Dastghayb
- Dastmalchi
- Davisadr
- Davoodi
- Davoodzadeh
- Dehdari
- Dehghan
- Dehghani
- Dehmohseni
- Deldari
- Dhabihiyan
- Diba
- Dihmubidi
- Dihqani
- Divani
- Djahani
- Djeiran
- Dulabi
- Ebadi
- Ebtehaj
- Eftekhari
- Emami
- Esfahani
- Eshraghi
- Eskandari
- Eslami
- Esmaeili
- Esmaili
- Ettehadieh
- Faghiri
- Fahandizh
- Falaki
- Fallah
- Farahani
- Farahmand
- Faraji
- Farhadi
- Faridi
- Farizeh
- Farmaian
- Farzan
- Fatemi
- Fathi
- Fattahi
- Fazeli
- Feroz
- Firouzian
- Foodeei
- Forrughi
- Gafari
- Gaffari
- Garoussi
- Gazsi
- Geramipour
- Ghaderi
- Ghafari
- Ghaffari
- Ghafoori
- Ghahramani
- Ghanbari
- Gharib
- Ghasemi
- Ghatary
- Ghawami
- Ghazanfaria
- Ghazi
- Ghobadi
- Ghofranian
- Gholami
- Ghorbani
- Ghurani
- Golbad
- Goli
- Goodarzi
- Guebers
- Habibi
- Hadizadeh
- Haghighi
- Haghkerdar
- Haji
- Hajimiru
- Hajirnia
- Hajjari
- Hajizadeh
- Hakimi
- Hakimzadeh
- Hami
- Hamidi
- Hamzeh
- Hamzei
- Haqiqat
- Haqiqatju
- Hariri
- Hasani
- Hashemi
- Hassani
- Hassna
- Hatami
- Hed
- Heidari
- Hejazi
- Hemami
- Heydari
- Heydarzadeh
- Heyman
- Hisami
- Homayoun
- Hoseini
- Hossein
- Hosseinzadeh
- Hossini
- Hoveyda
- Hushmand
- Ila
- Imami
- Imani
- Iran
- Irani
- Iravan
- Ishraqi
- Ispahani
- Izadi
- Jad
- Jaffari
- Jahanpur
- Jalali
- Jalalzadeh
- Jalili
- Jamali
- Jamshidi
- Janzadeh
- Javadi
- Javaherian
- Javid
- Javidzadeh
- Jayhoon
- Joon
- Jorjani
- Kalani
- Kalantari
- Kamali
- Kamkar
- Kamran
- Kamvar
- Kangarloo
- Karami
- Karamzadeh
- Kargar
- Karimi
- Kashani
- Kashi
- Kassaian
- Kazemi
- Kazerooni
- Kazimi
- Keshavarz
- Keshtkar
- Keshuapad
- Khadem
- Khademi
- Khademzadeh
- Khadim
- Khailtash
- Khalidi
- Khalili
- Khamenei
- Khan
- Khandil
- Khani
- Khanlary
- Khanzadeh
- Khodavandi
- Khomeini
- Khorsandi
- Khoshnou
- Khosrozadeh
- Khosravi
- Khushkhu
- Khuzayn
- Kiani
- Kiyan
- Koochekzadeh
- Kordiyeh
- Kouroshy
- Kutchemeshgi
- Lavasani
- Loghmanpour
- Lotfi
- Madani
- Madari
- Maghsoudi
- Mahallati
- Mahamedi
- Mahdavi
- Mahdavian
- Mahdavy
- Mahmoodi
- Mahmoudi
- Mahmudi
- Mahmudnizhad
- Majidi
- Malaki
- Malek
- Maleki
- Maniei
- Manouchehr
- Mansoori
- Mansouri
- Mansur
- Manuchehri
- Maradi
- Maravandi
- Mashayekhi
- Masoumi
- Massumi
- Mazaheri
- Mazlum
- Mehr
- Mehrabi
- Mehran
- Mesgara
- Mesgarzadeh
- Meshkat
- Mihdizadih
- Mir
- Miri
- Mirza
- Mirzadi
- Mirzaee
- Mirzaei
- Misbahi
- Missaghi
- Moayedian
- Moayer
- Moazzami
- Moghadam
- Moghaddam
- Moghdam
- Mohaghegh
- Moham
- Mohamadi
- Mohammadzadeh
- Mohebian
- Mohseni
- Mokhtari
- Momeni
- Monjazeb
- Moosavi
- Moradi
- Moradzadeh
- Mortazavi
- Mosavi
- Moshiri
- Mossadegh
- Mossadeghi
- Motaei
- Motamedi
- Moullai
- Mousavi
- Mozayeni
- Mualimi
- Muhammadi
- Muini
- Mumtaz
- Mumtazi
- Muqimi
- Musavi
- Mutlaq
- Nabbatishoghl
- Naderi
- Nadimi
- Nadjmabadi
- Naimi
- Najafi
- Najmi
- Namazian
- Namiri
- Naraghi
- Naseri
- Nasiri
- Nasr
- Nassiri
- Navabi
- Nazari
- Nejati
- Nekouian
- Nemati
- Nemazi
- Nexam
- Nexamzadeh
- Nia
- Nikkaresfahani
- Nirumand
- Noori
- Noroozi
- Norouzi
- Nouri
- Omidi
- Omranzadeh
- Pad
- Pahlavi
- Pakravan
- Pakzad
- Palizban
- Panahi
- Parsa
- Parvinzadeh
- Peyvan
- Pirani
- Piruzmand
- Poshtkouhi
- Pourazizi
- Pourmand
- Qashqai
- Qazai
- Qazvinian
- Qoli
- Rabani
- Rad
- Radji
- Rafiee
- Rafieha
- Rafigdoost
- Rah
- Rahimian
- Rahmani
- Rahmati
- Raissi
- Rajabi
- Ramazan
- Ramezani
- Ranjbar
- Rashedi
- Rashidi
- Rasouli
- Rateshtari
- Rawhani
- Raz
- Razavi
- Razaz
- Razi
- Razizadeh
- Razmara
- Reyahni
- Reza
- Rezaee
- Rezaei
- Rezaie
- Rezvani
- Rizvi
- Roohizadegan
- Rostami
- Rouhani
- Saadat
- Saadiyeh
- Sabbaghi
- Sabbah
- Saberi
- Saberzadeh
- Sabet
- Sabetzadeh
- Sabiri
- Sadeghi
- Sadighi
- Sadighpour
- Sadiqi
- Sadough
- Sadravi
- Saeedi
- Safarian
- Saghafi
- Sahebi
- Saidi
- Salamat
- Salari
- Salimi
- Salimpour
- Samadi
- Samadzadeh
- Sanjabi
- Saraee
- Sarmad
- Sayedzadeh
- Sayegh
- Seddighi
- Shabani
- Shabouh
- Shadpour
- Shafaie
- Shafaq
- Shafiee
- Shafiei
- Shah
- Shahbaz
- Shahbazi
- Shahdost
- Shahnaser
- Shahy
- Shahzadeh
- Shakeri
- Shakernia
- Shakshuki
- Shalabi
- Shams
- Shariat
- Shariati
- Sharif
- Sharifzadeh
- Sharifi
- Shaterian
- Shayan
- Sheikholeslami
- Shirazi
- Shojaei
- Shokouhi
- Shokri
- Showghi
- Sioshansi
- Siyavushi
- Sohi
- Sohrabi
- Soleimani
- Soleymani
- Soltani
- Soltanzadeh
- Sorooshian
- Soroushian
- Sotoudeh
- Sumech
- Taba
- Tabazadeh
- Tabarsi
- Tabatabaei
- Tabatabai
- Tafti
- Taghavi
- Taghizadeh
- Taheri
- Tahmasebi
- Tahsini
- Talaqani
- Talati
- Talavi
- Talebi
- Talei
- Taleqani
- Tanzeem
- Tavakoli
- Tazhibi
- Teymourtash
- Teymourzadeh
- Tirandaz
- Torabi
- Usman
- Vafa’i
- Vahdat
- Vakili
- Vali
- Valizadeh
- Yakhi
- Yaldai
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